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Year:	2006
Country of origin:	Canada
Director:	Ryan Nicholson
Genre:	Sadism
Starring:	Kevan Ohtsji, Taayla Markell, Rob Scattergood, Lee Tichon, Stephen Chang
Rating:	3/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481280/
Tagline:	Vacation to Hell
Favourite line:	"Nobody picked you! You came at your own free will."

When a movie is billed as 'a bit like Hostel' you have to be concerned that it might be 'a bit like watching offal rot' and, in truth, this is precisely that.
The first half of the 'movie' - seriously folks, I use that term in the loosest possible sense - is essentially a soft core porno spliced together with some 'plot' relevant scenes involving Our Heroes exploring China.
Well, I say exploring China, what I mean is going to a market and planning to visit a tittie bar.
And being loud.
And drunk.
And obnoxious.
And utterly vile and, ultimately, utterly, utterly deserving of death.
Well, as luck would have it, they find their sought after den of iniquity, which happens to be some odd kind of hotel where you go to have sex with a person you are already with.
Bit odd.
Anyway, it turns out the proprietors aren't exactly high on moral fibre. Instead, they imprison the ne'erdowells, tie them up and start to butcher them. That's it.
Utterly lacking in style or soul, this nevertheless accomplishes precisely what it sets out to do: to debase, to defame, to degrade and cheapen the stock of humanity. Seriously, just when you thought human beings could sink no lower, we go and make a fucking movie like this.
Whilst never having any intention to watch this movie again, I still have to commend them for being nothing short of repulsive.
Good horror is all about the atmosphere, and this has none. In it's place is tasteless sex, gore and violence.
With a sinking heart I have the feeling that this kind of 'realism' is going to become the norm, much as Gonzo porn replaced the high production value efforts of the late seventies and early eighties, though here's hoping enough true horror fans remain to demand at least a semblance of effort and concept.
Gruelly and offensive, approach this at your peril.